Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT140100646
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Smart Grids, Messy Society? An evaluation of the implementation of smart grids in Australia. New information technologies allow utility infrastructures to operate as smart grids, with the promise of multiple economic and environmental benefits. Utility infrastructures are largely unaltered since first installed 100 years ago, and smart grids have the potential to catalyse significant innovation. This project aims to investigate the societal drivers for, and implications of, smart grids and assess how these grid implementations vary from place to place. It will assess the implications of this for theory and practices of innovation and learning. This project also aims to provide new insights into the messy, complex societal reaction to smart grids in Australia; a country at the forefront of smart grid implementation.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2015
End Date: 12-2020
Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships
Funding Amount: $820,406.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Sociology | Human Geography not elsewhere classified | Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Energy Services and Utilities | Residential Energy Conservation and Efficiency | Technological and Organisational Innovation
